[TR] Curious occurrence

[David Brister]

Some time ago I obtained a TR4A ignition kit at a good price from a dealer 
in the states. It consisted of a set of plugs and leads, points, condenser 
and distributor cap. As far as I could tell the bits were real Lucas 
although who knows these days!
A couple of days ago I fitted these bits in the course of a routine service. 
The car simply would'nt start and the symptons were exactly as if the coil 
current was going to earth via the points spring so I naturally thought I 
had done the little plastic top hats wrong. But I had'nt. I put the old 
points back and everything was fine.
So I concluded the points were faulty but could'nt find anything wrong with 
them. The dimensions were the same and all the insulation held up where it 
should. I refiitted them to the car taking great care and again the engine 
would'nt start showing the same problem. Once again I put the old ones in 
and all was well.
Has anyone any ideas about this curious occurrence?

David Brister,
1967 TR4A 


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